Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco IP Phone 7940
CVE-2006-0179

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Cisco
Status
Ip Phone 7940
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 January 2006

What is CVE-2006-0179?

The Cisco IP Phone 7940 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by remote attackers sending a flood of TCP SYN packets to arbitrary ports, including port 80. This can lead to a service disruption, rendering the device inoperable until it is rebooted. Network administrators should implement appropriate measures to safeguard their devices against such SYN flood attacks.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24117
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.osvdb.org/22469
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0202
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

EPSS Score

14% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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